The Meteorite Apprentice — Article - Short Format

Al Haggounia 001 | Not an Aubrite The Aubrite class of achondrite meteorites, comprised mostly of the mineral Enstatite share a close kinship with the class of meteorites named after the same mineral, the ¨Enstatite¨ or ¨E¨ Chondrite. While they’re both comprised of the same mineral, they don’t appear to originate from the same parent bodies. It is thought however that the Aubrites, tending to be highly reduced igneous breccias of enstatite and plagioclase, could likely be mimicked by a sufficiently altered enstatite chondrite. Such was the case for Al Haggounia 001. When the meteorite was first analysed with a limited...

  Have you ever wondered how old our solar system is? How did the Sun and the planets form? Where did the material to create them come from? These are some pretty heady questions, but anyone with an inquisitive mind can ask them. When a meteorite falls to the Earth, and they do everyday, it’s like a care package for researchers from the Solar System, loaded with all kinds of scientific clues about what’s out there. No need to defy gravity, spend billions of dollars, and risk the vacuum of space. Let gravity do the work for you!   A meteorite...